*FORMERLY DAY BY DAY* Maddy is a hot-headed, passionate feminist with an obsession for watching new television shows (hello, Orphan Black), listening to good music, and all things that have anything to do with food. When Elissa (a bold cheerleader who is on top of the pyramid - literally and figuratively) is assigned to tutor Maddy in Chem or risk having her grade dropped, you can imagine neither girl is excited about the prospect of being within five feet of each other. Maddy will need a good supply of chocolate bars. Elissa will not be pleased. [cover by @taceturnity]

"You're just a girl, not even a pretty one. You were just something to fill my spare time, nothing more. And these? Well they're just notes."

Eliza Sage has a knack for getting herself into trouble. After a stint involving a fire, a cow, her old principal, and a lot of post-it notes, Eliza finds herself being shipped off to live with her conservative aunt and uncle in what she affectionately refers to as Nowhere, Illinois. Initially, Eliza can’t think of a worse way to spend her summer, but one fair, one auction, and one boy might just be enough to change her mind.

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION In 1955, mixed-race Ethan Harper leaves his progressive hometown for a summer in Alabama where he's not welcome, except by resident free spirit, Juniper Jones. ***** After getting himself into a bout of trouble, 16-year-old Ethan Harper's parents send him to Ellison, Alabama, to live with his aunt and uncle for the summer. But the year is 1955, and Alabama is a far cry from his beloved home of Arcadia, Washington. As much as it's hotter in temperature, it's colder in every other way, and Ethan learns the hard way that people see his mere existence as a threat. Amidst all the mayhem, a fiery, free-spirited, oddball walks into Ethan's life. Her name is Juniper Jones. She is the first person in Ellison who seems unfazed by their racial differences, and she promises to give Ethan a summer he will always remember, filled with endless adventure and discovery. With Juniper, Ethan can breathe, he can be, despite the incessant attention and bullying their newly formed friendship attracts. Can the two survive the summer, run in the light and block out the noise of the outside world? [Published version comes out June 16, 2020 with Wattpad Books!] [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

We look up at the same sky and we see the same thing and suddenly, it's not so lonely anymore.

I will always adore you and our little talks, for my heart is yours.

if nothing else works, call your mom. poetry #9

"I'll just take a taxi." "Across the country?" "... Okay, maybe a lot of taxis." || © deviltown 2014 ||

❝we are all searching for someone whose demons will play well with ours.❞ quiet rituals and even quieter conversations; a collectanea. (© promethean 2013; cover by promethean)

[ChickLit #120 | Humour #442] “A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.” ― Coco Chanel, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman Cover by @weeknder